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Prison hulks

Attributed to G. Cruikshank by Rex Nan Kivell, Death of a convict on the hulk Justitia [183-?], nla.obj-135886659

After sentence, some convicts spent time on a prison hulk awaiting transportation. A prison hulk was a decommissioned ship used for housing prisoners. Hulks moored in the Thames, Plymouth Harbour or other ports.